The great Gatsby: color imagesF. Scott Fitzgerald used color imagery in his masterpiece The Great Gatsby. Colors are used very frequently as symbols and hues create atmosphere in several scenes in the book. White is a clean and fresh color, but the author shows how it can also be contaminated. Subsequently, the mystery illustrates the fall in the moral standards of the people of West Egg. Finally, green, the dominant color in the book, symbolizes Gatsby's wealth and unattainable dream. For Gatsby, Daisy represents innocence and purity; however, Fitzgerald uses different shades of white to veil his corruption. Daisy is described exclusively as "dressing in white", powders her face white, and mentions her "white childhood". The millionaire describes this perfect princess figure as "high up in a white palace, the king's daughter, the golden girl." On the other hand, Fitzgerald describes the lifestyle in West Egg as a miserable place when "four solemn men dressed in suits walk along the sidewalk with a stretcher on which lies a drunken woman in a white evening dress. Her hand , hanging overboard, cold sparkle of jewels. Gravely the men turn it towards a house - the wrong house no one knows the woman's name and no one cares. "Yellow stands out as a symbol of corruption and decadence. Materialism has corrupted the citizens of East and West Egg because they center everything around money. When Gatsby entertains this wealthy class, the orchestra plays "yellow cocktail music." Even Gatsby believes he can win Daisy back with his money – so he is described as wearing a "caramel-colored suit" when he lies to Nick about his past. The most important symbol, however, is Gatsby's car. The car becomes the main topic of conversation among the townspeople after killing Myrtle and a witness specifies that this "death car" is yellow. Fitzgerald used green most frequently to symbolize Gatsby's love for Daisy Buchanan. Daisy rejected Gatsby because "rich girls don't marry poor boys", so her philosophy motivated him to become rich. Gatsby described Daisy's voice as "full of money" and purchased millions of green dollars in hopes that Daisy would love him again. Furthermore, Gatsby moved into his mansion so he could live near the Buchanans, and at night the millionaire observes "a single green light, tiny and distant, which might have been at the end of a pier"..